When he heard Xiao Jingfeng's name, he froze completely.
It seemed he knew Xiao Jingfeng.
But quite a few people on Little Barren Island seemed to know Xiao Jingfeng.
Little Barren Island regarded Xiao Jingfeng as its savior, and he had even left behind a technology team, giving Little Barren Island a considerable overall advantage over the other small islands.
More importantly, Xiao Jingfeng had given the Four Great Families on the island hope. That was why they treated him like a god.
Old Patriarch Yu had said so himself.
"I came here under Xiao Jingfeng's arrangements too. He sent me to Phantom Sea to retrieve something. At first, I thought it was in the Old Patriarch's hands, but after meeting him, he told me it was with the Island Lord. That was why I didn't stay long and went straight to find the Island Lord."
"Did you get it?"
I shook my head, though I was puzzled. At a time like this, shouldn't Yu Bo have been concerned about the Old Patriarch's affairs? Why was he instead asking whether I had obtained the item?
Yu Bo guessed again, "I know what you wanted to take. A golden metal fragment! Do you know why the Island Lord didn't give it to you?"
I gave a bitter smile and did not answer. I already understood. She had withheld it to use it as leverage against me, to make me take her out of Phantom Sea. She had even asked me to marry her.
"That means the Island Lord's destined match is near. Once she gives you that thing, it means she has given herself to you as well. The Island Lord has always been waiting for her destined match. It looks like she has found it this time."
I hadn't expected